Stagnophilous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stagnophilous is an adjective meaning (biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water.
Meaning
(biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water.
Example Sentences
This small (up to 100 mm in total length) stagnophilous species [27 ] was widely distributed in the marshy habitats of the Danube drainage basin from Vienna to the delta, and in the lower reaches of Dniestr drainage basin [28 ], prior to river regulation (Fig 1b ).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stagnicolous, iliophagous, aquicolous, stomiatoid, limnemic, piscicolous.
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